Iron deficiency anemia in children: Prevalence and prevention studies in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 47, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 41-43

  Dutra De Oliveira, Jose E ^a   Ventura, S ^a   Souza, A M ^a   Marchini, J Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031151236     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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